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title: "Who cites Sweden-funded research"
description: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 2,260 papers funded from Sweden 13,757 times (counting each citing country), #14 of 129 funding countries. 10% of the links come from papers with authors in Sweden; abroad, the largest users are China (3,408), the United States (1,923) and the United Kingdom (1,711)."
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# Who uses research funded from Sweden

Where the papers funded from Sweden are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from Sweden cite. A citation link is one paper citing another, both in the tracked journals (from OpenAlex references). The source is the country of the cited paper's funders (OpenAlex funders and their countries); the users are the countries and institutions of the citing paper's authors. A link counts once for each funding country of the cited paper and each country (or institution) of the citing paper, so the rows overlap. Papers without funding information, about half of them, have no source.

All funding countries: https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain.md

## Key findings

- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 2,260 papers funded from Sweden 13,757 times (counting each citing country), #14 of 129 funding countries.
- 10% of the links come from papers with authors in Sweden; abroad, the largest users are China (3,408), the United States (1,923) and the United Kingdom (1,711).
- The institutions citing this research most are University of Vaasa (214), Luleå University of Technology (207) and Lund University (190).
- The Sweden funders behind the most-cited links are VINNOVA (2,225), Vetenskapsrådet (1,630) and Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse (1,457).
- In turn, papers with authors in Sweden draw most on research funded from China (2,558), the United States (1,760) and the United Kingdom (1,126).

## Citing countries

*Countries whose papers cite Sweden-funded research, since 2023*

| # | Citing country | Links | Share |
|---:|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | China | 3,408 | 25% |
| 2 | United States | 1,923 | 14% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 1,711 | 12% |
| 4 | Sweden | 1,427 | 10% |
| 5 | Germany | 1,277 | 9% |
| 6 | Italy | 1,103 | 8% |
| 7 | France | 895 | 7% |
| 8 | Australia | 823 | 6% |
| 9 | Netherlands | 656 | 5% |
| 10 | Spain | 648 | 5% |
| 11 | India | 594 | 4% |
| 12 | Finland | 544 | 4% |
| 13 | Norway | 444 | 3% |
| 14 | Canada | 437 | 3% |
| 15 | Denmark | 404 | 3% |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 330 | 2% |
| 17 | South Korea | 310 | 2% |
| 18 | Switzerland | 304 | 2% |
| 19 | Brazil | 276 | 2% |
| 20 | Belgium | 270 | 2% |
| 21 | Poland | 262 | 2% |
| 22 | Turkey | 227 | 2% |
| 23 | Austria | 226 | 2% |
| 24 | Japan | 221 | 2% |
| 25 | Taiwan | 194 | 1% |
| 26 | Ireland | 178 | 1% |
| 27 | Singapore | 177 | 1% |
| 28 | Portugal | 176 | 1% |
| 29 | Vietnam | 173 | 1% |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 169 | 1% |

## Citing institutions

*Institutions whose papers cite Sweden-funded research most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | University of Vaasa | Finland | 214 |
| 2 | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | 207 |
| 3 | Lund University | Sweden | 190 |
| 4 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | France | 187 |
| 5 | Linköping University | Sweden | 171 |
| 6 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 150 |
| 7 | Uppsala University | Sweden | 145 |
| 8 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 137 |
| 9 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 128 |
| 10 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | China | 128 |
| 11 | University of Gothenburg | Sweden | 126 |
| 12 | Copenhagen Business School | Denmark | 124 |
| 13 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 120 |
| 14 | [Tongji University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tongji-university.md) | China | 112 |
| 15 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | 107 |

## Funders

*Sweden funders whose papers are cited most, since 2023*

| # | Funder | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | VINNOVA | 2,225 |
| 2 | Vetenskapsrådet | 1,630 |
| 3 | Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse | 1,457 |
| 4 | Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas | 1,137 |
| 5 | Chalmers Tekniska Högskola | 885 |
| 6 | Energimyndigheten | 774 |
| 7 | Riksbankens Jubileumsfond | 706 |
| 8 | Lunds Universitet | 672 |
| 9 | Göteborgs Universitet | 483 |
| 10 | Marcus och Amalia Wallenbergs minnesfond | 472 |
| 11 | Linköpings Universitet | 462 |
| 12 | Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse | 444 |
| 13 | Uppsala Universitet | 396 |
| 14 | Volvo Research and Educational Foundations | 374 |
| 15 | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan | 373 |

## What papers from Sweden cite

*Research funded elsewhere that papers from Sweden cite, since 2023*

| # | Funding country | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china.md) | 2,558 |
| 2 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-states.md) | 1,760 |
| 3 | [United Kingdom](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-kingdom.md) | 1,126 |
| 4 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany.md) | 806 |
| 5 | [Spain](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/spain.md) | 551 |
| 6 | [Canada](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/canada.md) | 444 |
| 7 | [Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/australia.md) | 431 |
| 8 | [Netherlands](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/netherlands.md) | 403 |
| 9 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/italy.md) | 361 |
| 10 | [France](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/france.md) | 359 |
| 11 | [Finland](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/finland.md) | 350 |
| 12 | [Norway](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/norway.md) | 323 |
| 13 | [Switzerland](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/switzerland.md) | 307 |
| 14 | [Japan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/japan.md) | 234 |
| 15 | [South Korea](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/south-korea.md) | 218 |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Who uses research funded from Sweden. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/sweden

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-supply-chain-sweden,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Who uses research funded from Sweden},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/sweden}},
  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).